HDFC Diners Club Credit Card (ex Jet Airways cobrand)
May 30, 2018, 8:12 am
#212
Join Date: Jul 2017
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I guess AI has this rule to prevent people from stealing your miles. SQ does this by requiring you to register people you want to buy awards tickets for and has limitations on the number of people you can register and how easily you can swap them.
Interesting. I somehow thought (based on no evidence whatsoever) that their backend partner was Yatra. I’m surprised that Cleartrip was kept out of anykind of branding on the ticket.
Last edited by PiperAtGatesofDawn; May 30, 2018 at 11:59 am
May 31, 2018, 8:07 am
#213
Join Date: Apr 2011
Location: Goa, India
Programs: Marriott Titanium, IHG Plat Ambassador, Hyatt Explorist, Qatar Gold, Vistara Gold
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Just got to the US and Uber refuses to accept my Diners card now. Worked perfectly last year. Has anybody had recent experience or a workaround? Also is the 10x offer valid on charges by Uber USA, if not I'll just use Lyft.
May 31, 2018, 8:18 am
#214
Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: www.livefromalounge.com
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you'll get the 10x for international spend not the one for Uber spends.
Jun 1, 2018, 9:39 am
#215
Join Date: Mar 2011
Location: BOS
Programs: BA Gold, AA Platinum, SQ Gold, Marriott Titanium
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If it's not working anywhere, you maybneed to add travel.plan on hdfc bank website (different from enabling international)
Jun 8, 2018, 1:31 am
#216
Join Date: May 2018
Posts: 18
Would it be better to redeem 70K Diners black points on BA or SQ
I'm open to travelling anywhere since both have good sectors. I'm looking to understand if redemption is cheaper/easier in one over the other.
Also BA taxes and fees seems very high due to LHR hub. To LHR taxes are almost 31K!
SQ also has a better physical product so I'm leaning towards SQ.
I'm open to travelling anywhere since both have good sectors. I'm looking to understand if redemption is cheaper/easier in one over the other.
Also BA taxes and fees seems very high due to LHR hub. To LHR taxes are almost 31K!
SQ also has a better physical product so I'm leaning towards SQ.
Jun 8, 2018, 1:42 am
#217
Join Date: Mar 2011
Location: BOS
Programs: BA Gold, AA Platinum, SQ Gold, Marriott Titanium
Posts: 1,582
Would it be better to redeem 70K Diners black points on BA or SQ
I'm open to travelling anywhere since both have good sectors. I'm looking to understand if redemption is cheaper/easier in one over the other.
Also BA taxes and fees seems very high due to LHR hub. To LHR taxes are almost 31K!
SQ also has a better physical product so I'm leaning towards SQ.
I'm open to travelling anywhere since both have good sectors. I'm looking to understand if redemption is cheaper/easier in one over the other.
Also BA taxes and fees seems very high due to LHR hub. To LHR taxes are almost 31K!
SQ also has a better physical product so I'm leaning towards SQ.
- Find regions you can cover in 70k miles on both airlines
- Decide a few places on both (from the regions)
- Check availability and pricing for each (remember OW and *A availability can be totally different)
Jun 8, 2018, 2:02 am
#218
Join Date: Jan 2015
Location: around the bend
Posts: 399
BA currently have an offer running where economy redemptions cost 50% less (Avios; though the taxes remain the same - which makes it not a very good deal, in my book).
The better redemptions are to be found on partner airlines. However, taxes on the likes of QR and CX seem to vary widely depending on where you're flying from/to.
Also BA taxes and fees seems very high due to LHR hub. To LHR taxes are almost 31K!
Jun 8, 2018, 5:44 am
#220
Join Date: Jul 2017
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But back to basics. Identify where and when you want to go. Check availability. Depending on the ticket you can call and reserve it (sometimes fees apply). THEN transfer miles and get the ticket issued.
Jun 8, 2018, 1:09 pm
#221
Join Date: Apr 2011
Location: Goa, India
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What sectors are you looking to book and what class? I've often found the best use of Diners point is using them as cash to just book the flights outright.
Jun 8, 2018, 9:22 pm
#222
Join Date: Mar 2011
Location: BOS
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I feel the same for regional (Asian) travel. There are quite a few places which can be covered in business class in Asia for 70K inr for 1 (for 2 in coach).
Jun 8, 2018, 11:16 pm
#223
Join Date: May 2018
Posts: 18
Compiling some options which I'll share over here if I get a nice deal
Regards
Shiv
Jun 11, 2018, 4:05 am
#224
Join Date: Jul 2017
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I agree, it makes a lot of sense to redeem for travel on the Diners Website itself. Whats tempting however is that it costs only 35K points for Business travel to Singapore. Maybe not worth it, but redemption value is quite good considering the revenue fare is almost 100K
The only couple of times I would use Diners redemption would be if I had too many miles and thus their value would be very low to me or if I didn't have enough miles to buy a ticket that I wanted eg: if the ticket cost was INR 80k I might use 70k miles and 10k cash to buy the ticket.
Jun 12, 2018, 11:04 am
#225
Join Date: Mar 2011
Location: BOS
Programs: BA Gold, AA Platinum, SQ Gold, Marriott Titanium
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I agree, it makes a lot of sense to redeem for travel on the Diners Website itself. Whats tempting however is that it costs only 35K points for Business travel to Singapore. Maybe not worth it, but redemption value is quite good considering the revenue fare is almost 100K
Compiling some options which I'll share over here if I get a nice deal
Regards
Shiv
Compiling some options which I'll share over here if I get a nice deal
Regards
Shiv